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Kaza, Roil Chaser
Legendary Creature — Human Wizard · {U}{R} · Red/Blue commander
Flying, haste
{T}: The next instant or sorcery spell you cast this turn costs {X} less to cast, where X is the number of Wizards you control as this ability resolves.
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What Kaza, Roil Chaser actually does
Read off the card by the same engine the Forge and Analyzer use — this is the mechanical classification, not a summary.
- Activated ability{T}: The next instant or sorcery spell you cast this turn costs {X} less to cast, where X is the number of Wizards you control as this ability resolves.
- Keyword · flyingflying
- Keyword · hastehaste
What a Kaza, Roil Chaser deck needs
Plays as wizard typal. What the commander asks of the other 99 — read from the card and checked by hand.
- cheap instants and sorceries (every one you cast feeds it)
- wizard creatures (its text counts them)
- untap effects that reach the commander (it has haste; each untap repeats its tap ability)
The Kaza, Roil Chaser deck plan
The roles the Forge fills for this commander, and how many cards of each.
- 5× Untap the commander so the tap ability is an engine, not a one-shot
- 26× A body of the exact type the commander's trigger requires — the wrong type is worthless here regardless of quality
- 22× Instants and sorceries — for a magecraft/prowess commander the spell COUNT is the engine
- 5× Actually remove one problem permanent — preventing its damage is not removing it
- 9× Find the exact card the plan needs
- 2× Answer a spell or ability before it resolves
- 1× Answer a whole board at once
- 7× Refill your hand
- 2× Keep a permanent you control alive through removal
Best cards for Kaza, Roil Chaser
Ranked by an engine that reads what each card does — its real cost, its delay and how reliably it works — rather than counting how often other people play it.
Untap the commander so the tap ability is an engine, not a one-shot
- Aggravated Assault3 mana
- Freed from the Real3 mana
- Pemmin's Aura3 mana
- Sting, the Glinting Dagger2 mana
- Umbral Mantle3 mana
- Unstoppable Plan3 mana
- Genji Glove5 mana
- Éomer, Marshal of Rohan4 mana
A body of the exact type the commander's trigger requires — the wrong type is worthless here regardless of quality
- Faerie Seer1 mana
- Siren Stormtamer1 mana
- Coruscation Mage2 mana
- Goblin Electromancer2 mana
- Harmonic Prodigy2 mana
- Stormcatch Mentor2 mana
- Thassa's Oracle2 mana
- Balmor, Battlemage Captain2 mana
Instants and sorceries — for a magecraft/prowess commander the spell COUNT is the engine
- Pact of Negation0 mana
- An Offer You Can't Refuse1 mana
- Brainstorm1 mana
- Faithless Looting1 mana
- Gamble1 mana
- Lightning Bolt1 mana
- Mystical Tutor1 mana
- Opt1 mana
Actually remove one problem permanent — preventing its damage is not removing it
- Reality Shift2 mana
- Wild Magic Surge2 mana
- Pongify1 mana
- Rapid Hybridization1 mana
- Resculpt2 mana
- Crush1 mana
- Umezawa's Jitte2 mana
- Jilt2 mana
Find the exact card the plan needs
- Reshape2 mana
- Mask of the Mimic1 mana
- Long-Term Plans3 mana
- Whir of Invention3 mana
- Merchant Scroll2 mana
- Mystical Tutor1 mana
- Muddle the Mixture2 mana
- Personal Tutor1 mana
Answer a spell or ability before it resolves
- Mindbreak Trap4 mana
- Fierce Guardianship3 mana
- Force of Negation3 mana
- Force of Will5 mana
- Flare of Denial3 mana
- Pact of Negation0 mana
- An Offer You Can't Refuse1 mana
- Arcane Denial2 mana
Answer a whole board at once
- Blasphemous Act9 mana
- Chain Reaction4 mana
- Street Spasm1 mana
- Desynchronization4 mana
- Wave Goodbye4 mana
- Whelming Wave4 mana
- Consuming Tide4 mana
- Selective Obliteration5 mana
Refill your hand
- Mystic Remora1 mana
- Ragavan, Nimble Pilferer1 mana
- Skullclamp1 mana
- Curiosity1 mana
- Wizard Class1 mana
- Herald's Horn3 mana
- Professional Face-Breaker3 mana
- Rhystic Study3 mana
Keep a permanent you control alive through removal
- Hexing Squelcher2 mana
- Lost in the Maze2 mana
- Lightning Greaves2 mana
- Swiftfoot Boots2 mana
- Eldrazi Monument5 mana
- Commander's Plate1 mana
- Mithril Coat3 mana
- Akroma's Memorial7 mana
Combos with Kaza, Roil Chaser
Known combos from Commander Spellbook that Kaza, Roil Chaser is a piece of, and how many decks list them.
- Kaza, Roil Chaser + Ghostly Flicker + Storm-Kiln Artist + Archaeomancer84 decks
- Kaza, Roil Chaser + Ghostly Flicker + Storm-Kiln Artist + Izzet Chronarch3 decks
- Kaza, Roil Chaser + Ghostly Flicker + Storm-Kiln Artist + Shipwreck Dowser3 decks
- Kaza, Roil Chaser + Ghostly Flicker + Storm-Kiln Artist + Salvager Of Secrets2 decks
- Kaza, Roil Chaser + Ghostly Flicker + Storm-Kiln Artist + Revolutionist